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Reliability Design of the Hinge Kit System in Common Refrigerator Under Repetitive Load  

Woo, Seong-woo (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Lee, Jongkil (Mechanical Engineering Education, College of Education, Andong National University)
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대한공업교육학회지 / v.33, no.2, 2008 , pp. 312-324 More about this Journal
Abstract
To improve the newly designed HKS(hinge kit system) in common refrigerators, it was investigated the new robust methodologies. There were the study of failure modes, mechanisms in the marketplace, and the design parameters of HKS with various improvements using accelerated life testing. Based on the claimed marketplace product returns and 1st ALT reproduction, the fracturing and cracking occur in the housing of the HKS. The missing design parameters of the failed HKS in the design phase of the refrigerator was the housing hinge kit structure. The corrective action plans are the modifications of the housing hinge kit structure from the open supporting to all supporting structure. Based on 2nd ALTs, the fracturing and cracking occur in the torsion shaft. The missing design parameter was the roundness of torsion shaft. After a sequence of ALT testing, the levels of the missing design parameters were setup. The yearly failure rate and B1 life of the redesigned HKS, based on the results of ALT, were over 0.01 percent and 10 years, respectively. The parameter design through the inspection of the failed product, load analysis, and three rounds of ALT, was very effective in the new robust design methodologies of the mechanical system and this method can be applied to other design system.
Keywords
hinge kit system(HKS); reliability design; refrigerator; accelerated life testing(ALT);
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